Courtesy of a dominant fourth-quarter stretch, the Miami Heat pulled off the 104-92 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Portland led Miami 80-78 heading into the final quarter and the two teams were knotted up at 85 with under eight minutes to go. The Heat, who now sport the East’s best 15-5 record at home, outscored the Blazers 19-7 over the final 7:33, shooting 63.6 percent from the floor while holding Portland to 3-of-16 shooting (0-4 3PT) with four turnovers.
In his second game back from returning from a torn UCL in his right thumb, Heat center Bam Adebayo asserted himself down the final stretch with Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro out and Jimmy Butler ejected midway through the game.